Updated October 2022
A tour of six modern furnished homes was opened for inspection on Sunday, August 13, 1939. The houses were in Berkeley, Moraga, and Oakland. I will highlight the two places from Oakland.
Lincoln Highlands
- Harmony Home
- 2700 Alida Street
- 1939
- $6750 up
- Lincoln Highlands
- Irwin M. Johnson – architect
- W.H. Wisheropp – owner and builder
- H.G. Markham – realtor
Harmony Home was one of several homes constructed in Lincoln Highlands in 1939. It is located on Alida Street at the top of Coolidge Avenue.
The compact plan included a large living room, a dining room, a kitchen with a breakfast nook, a tile bath with three bedrooms, and an informal den with access to a double garage.
In less than a month, over 12,000 had toured Harmony Home.
Sheffield Village
- Hampstead House
- 1939
- Sheffield Village
- Theodore Thompson – architect
- E.B. Fields – developer
Sheffield Village is located above Hwy 580 at Dutton Avenue.
I couldn’t locate the actual “Hampstead House.”
Hampstead House
Before the opening of Hempstead House in Sheffield Village, the H.C Capwell’s Company created a full-scale floor plan model wholly furnished in the furniture department on the fourth floor of their downtown store.
More on Sheffield Village –
If anyone knows the Hampstead House’s street address, please comment.